Jefferson Parish Library

It has its headquarters in the East Bank Regional Library in Metairie, an unincorporated area in the parish.

in 1998[citation needed] Jefferson Parish, a long, narrow strip of land in southeastern Louisiana, stretches from the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain to Grand Isle on the Gulf of Mexico.

The Gretna Branch in 1968 was moved out of the headquarters building on Second Street to its current location on Willow Drive.

The Metairie, Jefferson, Kenner, Harahan, Marrero, Gretna, and Westwego branches were all opened in December 1949.

The first Lafitte Branch opened in the town firehouse, and moved in 1982 to its present location on Highway 45.

The new flagship library of the system is the new East Bank Regional, opened in 1997 with 100,000 feet of public space and a collection of 300,000 volumes.

The last two bookmobiles were replaced in 1986 by vans used by current outreach services, serving nursing homes, daycare centers, and qualified homebound individuals on both banks of the river.

The library's catalog and many other internet functions were automated in the late 1980s, and the branches first went on-line in 1990.

Grand Isle Library: Severe damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav, requiring it to be rebuilt.

Harahan Library: Minor damage from Hurricane Katrina, requiring moderate restoration.